[alexqgb]

Votes are private. Donations are public. That's a material difference.

It's the public support that's really got people frosted. That's what makes it part of the public persona that you can't just leave at the door when you come to work.

Provided your power over others is limited, it's tolerable. But when people's careers are in your hands, a public history of open, gender-based discrimination really undermines the level of trust and goodwill that leadership positions require.

[fennecfoxen]

Leadership positions... like, say, someone who's the CTO / Senior VP of Engineering? Like Brendan Eich was for the past eight years?

[alexqgb]

Yes, but exponentially moreso when he becomes the public face of the company and (to some degree) the arbiter of its corporate culture.